Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-04-01
4 GREIT MIST.iKE.


Tue Beard of Regents of Corvallis
College last week went directly back
on their tender of the Agricultural de-
partment of the College to the State,
made in 1884 and 1885. The former
proceedings were all in good faith, and
the state acted wholly upon that under
standing. The mistake is that these
persons suppose that the college is
great benefit to the Southern Metho |
dist Church in Oregon, when in TACT 1t
has been an "eye sore" to them since
its connection with the school. b. /.
Bulch, verv Impractical man III bus:-
ness, in religion and inpolitics, WAS the
source of all this trouble from begin
ming to end, and his policy measures
have kept up constant turmoil at
Corvallis. The Oresonian coins new
word to describe him which is quite
appropriate, and says that he is a nan
noted for 'trickability. The remain
der of that Board are honest in their
convictions, but they are clininaIly
ignorant of the situation. Bishop
Keener is directing this thing and as
another policy measure it was said to
us that the reason George II. Williams
was employed in behalf OF the Church
was because he was a republican, and
this rteSe would not give it political
coloring, There are not 80 people in
Oregon who have thought or this sub
ject at all, but believe that is a mistake
In principle fer any church to coutrol
state funds, and moreover the church
will always suffer that undertakes it.
In the older countries where the pub
lie sentiment is all one way, but little
would be said about it, but where the
population is cosmopolitan as it is here,
no church will gain anything by hand
ling state money We are sorry tc
see Bishop Keener transconding his
, authority when he directs this thing
, in so arbitrary manner as it seems
that he Is dong. The Board Of Trus
a tees alone can act IN the premises, vel
! the Secretary of the Conference is ii
rected by the Bishop not to give tran
: scripts frcm the minutes Of the Annua
h Conference to anyone that may asl
. them, and directs certain resolutions
. withheld flom taking their propo
k course in being presented to the las
4 legislature, and yet the last conferonc
4 passed resolution directing the publ
:. cation of said minutes. Now Will
h we think that some of the Corvall;
l. papers were rather hard upon thos,
- regents that favored this unncccssar
o action, yet there was to our mind
I, little assembling that was not in ac
;, cord with the conduct Of chIistia
II ministers. Silas j Day of Jackso
county, Vim. Ledgcrwcod of Dougla
= county, and r. L. Buchanan of Ber
+ ton county, are men OF unquestione
II integrity, and are practical men, bu
n in this case they We're Improperly ii
IS fiuenced, by appealing to then chure
# pride, and church prejudice. Til
ii position advocated by Revs Oglcshy
N Craig, Michael and others, that til
in resolution passed at the Dayton Coz
= ference IN 1881, meant only "spnr,
"a aud did not mean what it said. yet
10 was passed by unanimous vote; is t
III my mind an acl1no %lcdgcment of til
ot most dishonorable proceeding it ht
~, ever been our misfortune to witnes
ca We hope these brethren will renec
n and attend to their own business, witt
if out guardianship from Nashyil
f. Tenn, or from Polk county Oregon
-, More anon. B.